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The incredibly popular NewsDay.com was at a PageRank of five recently, and Google specifically confirmed that NewsDay received this PageRank penalty due to "selling links that pass PageRank." But when I look at the Google Toolbar now at www.newsday. read more »
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If you are active in social media marketing, you have probably come to understand that it is a whole lot more complicated than you thought it was going to be. Even as involved as I am in social media every day, I still learn new tricks and tactics d read more »
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ou’re interested in promoting your website and brand through social media but don’t know where to start. You don’t want to spend money hiring a marketing company and want to do-it-yourself. How do you get started? read more »
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"I am a regular participant in Sphinn, but lately I have been extremely disappointed in Sphinn’s quality (or lack thereof).
With the exception of Jeff Quipp, I am beginning to lose faith in their concern for administrative control there." read more »
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A great write up on the controversy with Digg and Mr Babyman.
For months, a small but outspoken number of Digg's millions of other users have complained about seeing as many as three or four MrBabyMan submissions on the front page at one time. As w read more »
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We all know Social Media Marketing can be pretty time consuming. There are numerous social media communities, each requiring you to sign up, make a profile, and participate, in order to have any success with them. So it is only natural that you woul read more »
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Mixx, a social media submission site, is a newcomer on the scene, so it understandably will take a while for it to catch up with older sites like Digg, Propeller, Reddit, and StumbleUpon. read more »
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A great post on comparing SERPS across multiple SE's by Ann Smarty. read more »
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Next week offers one of the most significant opportunities for those in the search marketing world to up their knowledge, industry networks and have a great time doing it. WebmasterWorld’s Pubcon conference in Las Vegas has acquired a certain gravit read more »
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As promised, here's a bonus edition of Whiteboard Friday, Part II of Rand's interview with the one, the only, Danny Sullivan. Part II covers what Danny would like to label "Search 3.0," that is to say Vertical Search, Universal Search, Integrated S read more »
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Google’s webmaster tools has a neat feature that lets you download your query and click statistics (once you have verified ownership of your site). The data you can get from there is quite comprehensive, but hard to break down for use in Excel. read more »
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"In business parlance, push-pull marketing refers to different ways of promoting a business model in order to reach a target market. In push marketing, you ‘push’ your content or product towards the audience which may or may not be aware of it." read more »
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"Those of us who are not social media idiots know that participating in sites like Facebook or Digg or StumbleUpon or even Twitter help build our personal brands, not destroy it. It allows us to break down the cold exterior we sometimes give off and read more »
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"In my latest interview, I sat down again with Seth Godin to talk about his upcoming keynote speech at SES Chicago.." read more »
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"A patent granted to Google today explores Web spam and the manipulation of documents and links on the Web. It describes how the rankings of pages may be influenced if they are identified as “manipulative.” read more »
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A great twist on the standard link bait methods. Great article! read more »
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A great concise and informative presentation by Jane from SEOMoz on LinkBait read more »
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Another great post by Aaron, breaking down the pros and cons of Link baiting. read more »
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A great post by Mat Siltala on how to maximize your exposure and build a boat load of good juicy links.. Enjoy! read more »
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Here's some great back to basics Digg tips regarding submissions and how to get the most from them.. read more »
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Some great advice on running a succesful Sumbleupon campaign. read more »
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